Blue Glass.  Specifically vintage aqua blue – tiffany blue – glass.  Opalescent, even better.  I love it,  I enjoy searching for it and finding it.  Not on ebay … the old school way – wandering through antique stores and flea markets.  Most of my collection is 75 –  100 years old, and it amazes me that while so fragile, it survives, even with colour intact.  It is definitely in the details, check out the little feet!   I also like fine china — Wedgwood, Spode, Winton Chintz & creamware.  At a certain point I chose to narrow my search to very specific brands and colours purely from the practical point of display and storage!  Keeping a collection within a strict colour palette ensures it all looks great together.

When we renovated our kitchen, I incorporated a display cabinet, an upper cabinet with glass doors and glass shelves.  A dear friend introduced me to antique glass twenty years ago, and I have been hooked ever since.  Why do we like what we like?  Who is to say for sure, but I get great pleasure from my little collection every time I see it.   I think if you have collectibles that are special to you, they should have a prominent place for you to enjoy…                not hidden away.

Displaying collectibles (photo Sue Womersley)

Highlight Display Cabinets with good lighting

Blue Glass Display

Opalescent Glass - rose bowls and spooner (photo Sue Womersley)

The only piece of blue milk glass I have ever seen (center) (photo Sue Womersley)

The Opalescent bowl on the left I saw recently in green for $100.  The blue bowl on the right is the daisy pattern that was made by several different glassware makers.  The blue milk glass is the only time I have seen grape leaves as a pattern and little grapes for feet.

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